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A Venous Malformation and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, April 7th, 2011
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A venous malformation is a lesion (abnormality of tissue) that occurs as a result of dilated (enlarged, expanded) veins that have been abnormally formed. A venous malformation usually appears on your skin, but it can also develop in your organs, muscle or bone. These legions can even develop on your brain, but this is very rare.

A venous malformation is typically soft and dark blue. However, it can become hard if a blood clot develops. The size of a venous malformation can be anywhere from a pinhead-sized dot to a huge lesion several inches in diameter. A venous malformation may be one single lesion, or it may be one of many lesions.

The walls of the affected vein do not have the smooth muscle cells that are evidenced in a normal vein when a venous malformation is present. The exact cause of a venous malformation is not known. However, in families with multiple venous malformations, DNA studies have revealed mutated (defective) genes that are responsible for the communication between your cell lining and the smooth muscle cells in the walls of your vein.

A venous malformation is the most common kind of vascular anomaly. Somewhere around 1 to 4% of the population of the United States has a venous malformation. Men and women are affected equally by these lesions.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with a venous malformation. These signs and symptoms vary according to the location of your venous malformation. Some of these are:

  • Difficulties with breathing
  • Problems with speaking
  • Painful swelling and enlargement of the affected area
  • Blood clots that cause a pulmonary embolus
  • Localized intravascular coagulation
  • Painful formation of blood clots
  • Skin that usually appears purple or blue
  • The formation of vein stones (phleboliths).

You or a loved one may be suffering from a venous malformation. A venous malformation and/or complications that have developed from it or other ailments that you have along with this disorder may have resulted in the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

As a result of this disorder, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be thinking about applying for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability that has resulted from a venous malformation and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other ailments that you have along with this disorder. You may have already tried this option, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one has been considering reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact that you really need to be aware of that you may not know. The fact of the matter is that people who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney on their side.

Please do not hesitate or wait until tomorrow. This is something that may affect you or your loved one for the rest of your life. Contact the disability lawyer at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, November 15th, 2010
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Blood is a liquid that flows inside of your blood vessels. Your blood is always moving as your heart pumps it through arteries to the different cells and organs of your body.

The clotting of your blood is a vital mechanism that helps your body repair injured blood vessels. The medical term for a blood clot is thrombosis.

It does not usually affect you when a blood clot is formed as a part of the normal repair process of your body. However, a blood clot can form when it is not needed. When this happens, there can be serious consequences.

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a condition where a blood clot forms in one or more of the deep veins of your body. This usually happens in your legs where, as the name implies, veins are located deep within the muscles of your legs.

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in and of itself does not usually cause serious problems. However, if a piece of the blood clot breaks loose and travels downstream through your heart to your pulmonary circulation system and becomes lodged in your lung, it becomes a life-threatening situation.

About 50% of the cases of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cause no signs or symptoms at all. If you do have signs and symptoms with DVT, they may include:

§  Warmth and redness over the affected area

§  Swelling in your affected leg that may include swelling in your foot and ankle

§  Swelling or pain in your neck or arms that can happen if you have a blood clot that forms in your neck or arms

§  Pain in you affected leg that may include your foot and ankle, and start in your calf and feel like a “charley horse” or cramping

§  Tenderness in the affected area

§  Changes in skin color in the affected area.

Ordinarily, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) would not qualify you to receive Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because it does not cause you to be disabled for a period of at least 12 months. Social Security guidelines require that you have to be disabled for a period of at least 12 months in order to qualify for these benefits.

However, you or a loved one may have other disabling conditions along with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or complications that have resulted from it. Because of this, you or your loved one is disabled and in need of financial assistance.

You or your loved one may have applied for financial assistance from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or complications resulting from or other disabling conditions along with it. Were you turned down?

If you or your loved one appeals the denial by the Social Security Administration, always remember. People represented by a disability lawyer like the one at Social Security Home are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney.

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Thrombophlebitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, November 5th, 2010
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Phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein. It is a circulatory problem that happens when a blood clot slows the circulation in a vein.

Usually, this happens in your legs, but it can happen to veins in your arm and neck. When phlebitis is associated with the formation of blood clots the condition is called thrombophlebitis. Sometimes the condition is shortened and just called phlebitis.

The name “thrombophlebitis” helps you to understand the nature of this condition. “Thrombo” means clot, and “phlebitis” means a vein with inflammation.

There are two general types of thrombophlebitis. One takes place just under your skin and is called superficial thrombophlebitis. This type of thrombophlebitis is painful, but not life-threatening. When it happens deeper in your leg it is called deep thrombophlebitis. This is a potentially serious disorder that can endanger your life.

The great danger of this type of the condition is that a portion of the blood clot may break away and move through your venous system to your lungs and form a pulmonary embolism. Death can result if one of your large pulmonary vessels is blocked.

Some of the signs and symptoms of superficial thrombophlebitis are a red streak along the affected vein and obvious swelling. A red, tender and hard cord may be present right under the surface of your skin. There also may be pain and heaviness in your leg. Your pain is usually relieved when you elevate your leg and increased when it is lowered down.

Signs and symptoms of deep thrombophlebitis are tenderness, pain and swelling of your entire leg. This is most obvious when you stand or walk. One of the dangers associated with deep thrombophlebitis is that there may be no signs or symptoms until the appearance of a pulmonary embolism.

Thrombophlebitis and/or complications along with or resulting from it may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who will help you?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by thrombophlebitis and/or complications resulting from or along with it? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You or your loved one will need a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com to help you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who are not represented by a lawyer.

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Brain AVM and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Arteriovenous malformation is what the letters AVM stands for. An AVM is a tangle of poorly formed and abnormal veins and arteries (blood vessels). An AVM has a higher rate of bleeding than normal blood vessels.

A brain AVM is when this occurs in your brain. It is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries in your brain that disrupts the normal flow of blood between these blood vessels.

Fortunately, a brain AVM is extremely rare. They happen in less than 1% of the general population of the United States.

Researchers believe that a brain AVM takes place during the development of a baby inside its mother’s womb. However, researchers do not know why this happens to some babies but not others.

There are risk factors that may increase your likelihood of having a brain AVM. Anyone can be born with a brain AVM, but boys are more likely to have one than girls. Signs and symptoms are more likely to happen before the age of 50. This is because a brain AVM tends to stay stable once you reach middle age. Pregnancy may begin or cause signs and symptoms to get worse in women because there is an increase in blood volume and flow during this time.

A brain AVM many times does not cause any signs or symptoms until it ruptures, and there is hemorrhage (bleeding) in your brain. There are several signs and symptoms that may be an indication that you have a brain AVM. Some of these are:

  • Loss of consciousness or collapse
  • Sudden onset of a severe headache
  • Seizures
  • Some type of motor paralysis
  • Sensory disturbance
  • Vomiting
  • Nausea
  • A pulsing noise in your head
  • Severe unsteadiness
  • A whooshing sound that can be heard when your skull is examined with a stethoscope
  • Numbness or weakness that is progressive
  • Problems with your speech
  • An inability to understand others.

You or a loved one may have a brain AVM. This malformation and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be why you or your loved one is disabled. A brain AVM may be why you are not able to work.

If this is your situation, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may have decided to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits. In fact, you may have already done this and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one plans on appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration, here is something for you to consider. People who have a disability lawyer like the one you will find at disabilitycasereview.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

Please do not delay. Contact the disability lawyer at disabilitycasereview.com, today.

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